LomoPeople: Kaili

At World Changers this summer, I got to hang out with Kaili and got to know her really well. And we discovered that we were almost the same person in different bodies, haha! Despite being two years apart, we have almost all of the same likes, dislikes, looks, and so many other things! Every time we thought of something new we might have in common, we would check with each other and they would almost always be the same.

It’s been about five months since then and we’ve taken a whole bunch of pictures together, had a crazy sleepover, put on extravagant make up, went to the beach, made cupcakes, et cetera. We’re in photo class together this school year and while we were still doing film, we took lots of photos of each other and tried little experiments! And now that we have digital photography, it’s gotten quite boring so we go outside sometimes to take pictures with my cameras!

Lately, I’ve been trying to get her back to film. Her Minolta was acting funny and gave her three blank rolls so she was discouraged for a while. But her grandpa fixed it, so it’s up and running!

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Read on dear friend and I will weave a story for you. There may be more questions than answers raised by this peculiar tale. But if it’s clarity you seek, have no fear, things will become clear in time (they always do, don’t they?). So rub the Sandman’s dust from your sleepy eyes and take a journey with me. If you think you have an answer when we reach the end, please do share it in the comments!

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<i>Editor's Note: The past several years saw <b><a href="http://www.lomography.com/homes/maliha">Maliha</a></b> frequently moving from one place to another, a sort of nomad who likes the thrill of starting anew and finding her place in every city she stays at. In the last decade she has spent in the USA, Maliha has stayed at six different cities in five different states. Currently, Maliha is based in Denver, Colorado, and "Transient Living," a new series in the Lomography magazine, documents her experiences and the ways that she has come to call this city her home.</i>